Newsletter #7/2017

MSM Dean Wim Naudé

While our teaching and research activities continue across the world we are coming to the end of the academic year in Maastricht. The academic year will formally end with a very special event for our students - our 65th Anniversary Graduation - on 21 September.  And then, on 2 October we will welcome one of the largest new cohorts in recent years to Maastricht when we formally start the 2017-2018 Academic Year on 2 October.  It promises to be an exciting start, with two excellent speakers sharing their insights on the disruptive potential of new technologies in mobility and contracting. We cannot wait!

 

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When Digitization Strikes: Disruptive Technologies and the Future of Mobility and Contracting

Join us on 2 October 2017 for the Opening of the New Academic Year when two expert speakers, Dr. Ir. Carlo van de Weijer from the Technical University (TU) Eindhoven and SingularityU, and Prof. Dr. Nicola Dimitri from Sienna University, Cambridge University and MSM will respectively share their views on the future of mobility and contracting.

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Graduation 21 September 2017

We look forward to this celebration, expecting more than a hundred students from our MBA, Masters and Doctoral programs to graduate.  Keynote speaker is our very own MSM alumnus, Mr. Frank Kauffmann, General Manager at Royal Philips Electronics. As musical interlude, renowned Harpsichordist Mr. Remy Syrier will perform a special piece on the harpsichord to accompany the current MSM Photographic Exhibition in Maastricht’s Centre Ceramique.

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MSM corporate days: first step to the next step in our students’ careers

We recently held three “Corporate Days” to provide our students with information related to career development, working in the Netherlands and strengthening career management skills.

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MSM at the London Stock Exchange

MSM Dean Professor Wim Naudé and MSM Director of Global Education Programs Mr. Oliver Olson visited the London Stock Exchange on 6 July to produce a documentary on MSM’s exciting and growing portfolio of research and education in technology and innovation management.

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Maastricht-Suffolk education partnership: new initiatives

MSM and the University of Suffolk recently started an unique Executive MBA, through which students get a full immersion in the best of business education and networking in the dynamic and high tech regions of the UK, the Netherlands, as well as of Boston, USA.

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Transformational leadership for the Sri Lankan public sector

From 5 until 12 July a group of 27 senior public officials from several Sri Lankan ministries, the army and universities visited MSM for a 6-day tailor made program on Transformational Leadership.

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Entrepreneurship and education in Georgia

On Friday June 30, Georgian Institute of Public Affairs (GIPA) and the Maastricht School of Management (MSM), Netherlands held a one-day conference on the theme of entrepreneurship and the entrepreneurial university.

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Nog meer focus op technologie en innovatie management

Local media on 27 June 2017 reported on recent new initiatives at Maastricht School of Management to deepen the School’s focus on technology and innovation management, including the transfer of technology and innovation know-how to emerging and developing countries.  Under read further the article is available in Dutch. An English version is available on the MSM website, click here.  

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MSM’s new DBA School Director – reflections and ambitions

Since the beginning of this year, MSM’s DBA School has a new Director. Dr. Pascale Hardy reflects on stimulating recent developments in the DBA program. 

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Meet MSM's staff members: introducing Arsenio Kranenburg

To become more acquainted with our staff members and to show you how it feels for them working at MSM we will each month highlight one of our staff members. This month the spotlight will be on Mr. Arsenio Kranenburg.

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New and upcoming programs

Executive MBA 
Specializations: 
Sports Management
Healthcare Management
International Business & Sustainable Development
Early bird deadline: 1 September 2017
Application deadline: 15 September 2017
Start date: October 2017

Executive Education – upcoming deadlines
Mastering Big Data Analytics – 28 August 2017
Personal Leadership Skills -  1 September 2017
Team Leadership Influencing Skills – 11 September 2017
Mastering Effective Leadership Skills - 4 September 2017
Project Finance – 4 September 2017
Project Management – 11 September 2017
Mastering Project Finance and Project Management – 4 September 2017 
Corporate Social Responsibility – 23 October 2017

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New and recent publications

Visit our research portal or click on the links below to access our publications. 

Recent titles include:
The Law and Economics of EU Innovation Procurement
In: MSM Occasional Papers
Authors: Nicola Dimitri and Anne Rainville 

The Economics of the EU Innovation Procurement
In: MSM Working Paper Series
Author: Nicola Dimitri

Entrepreneurship, Education and the Fourth Industrial Revolution in Africa
In: IZA DP no. 10855Bonn: IZA Institute of Labor Economics.
Author: Wim Naudé

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Latest and upcoming events

MSM Graduation Day 2017
Date: 21 September 2017

When digitization strikes: disruptive technologies and the future of mobility and contracting
Date: 2 October 2017

Call for papers Research Conference: The 4th Industrial Revolution and Occupational Change: Implications for Management and Entrepreneurship
Conference date: 21-22 November 2017

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MSM videos

Until 13 August 2017 you can visit the MSM Photo Exhibition “MSM, Maastricht and Metamorphic Books’ in the Centré Ceramique. For this photo exhibition, 20 faculty, staff, students and alumni have selected a special place in Maastricht to reveal the metamorphic book that has made them better appreciate the contribution of science and/or democracy to their lives.

Each picture is accompanied by a video explaining why they choose the book. 

Click here for the MSM YouTube channel.

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Vacancies

Click here for the current job opportunities at Maastricht School of Management.

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